Skip to main content
Journal of Clinical Microbiology logoLink to Journal of Clinical Microbiology
. 1997 Aug;35(8):1921–1923. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.1921-1923.1997

Commentary on the objectives and efficacy of proficiency testing in microbiology.

I F Salkin 1, R J Limberger 1, D Stasik 1
PMCID: PMC229877  PMID: 9230356

Full Text

The Full Text of this article is available as a PDF (85.4 KB).

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Bergogne-Bérézin E., Towner K. J. Acinetobacter spp. as nosocomial pathogens: microbiological, clinical, and epidemiological features. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1996 Apr;9(2):148–165. doi: 10.1128/cmr.9.2.148. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Boone D. J. Governmental perspectives on evaluating laboratory performance. Clin Chem. 1993 Jul;39(7):1461–1467. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Crawley R., Belsey R., Brock D., Baer D. M. Regulation of physicians' office laboratories. The Idaho experience. JAMA. 1986 Jan 17;255(3):374–382. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Falkinham J. O., 3rd Epidemiology of infection by nontuberculous mycobacteria. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1996 Apr;9(2):177–215. doi: 10.1128/cmr.9.2.177. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Fridkin S. K., Jarvis W. R. Epidemiology of nosocomial fungal infections. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1996 Oct;9(4):499–511. doi: 10.1128/cmr.9.4.499. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Isenberg H. D., D'Amato R. F. Does proficiency testing meet its objective? J Clin Microbiol. 1996 Nov;34(11):2643–2644. doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2643-2644.1996. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Kafka M. T. Internal quality control, proficiency testing, and the clinical relevance of laboratory testing. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1988 Apr;112(4):449–453. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Lawson N. S., Gilmore B. F., Tholen D. W. Multiprogram characterization of laboratory bias, precision, and total error. Proposal for improved assessment with shared external and expanded internal (regional) quality control pools. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1988 Apr;112(4):454–461. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Rickman W. J., Monical C., Waxdal M. J. Improved precision in the enumeration of absolute numbers of lymphocyte phenotypes with long-term monthly proficiency testing. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1993 Mar 20;677:53–58. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb38764.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Clinical Microbiology are provided here courtesy of American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

RESOURCES